2024 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects

ShanghaiRanking first introduced the world university rankings by academic subjects in 2009, which was officially renamed the ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS) in 2017. GRAS evaluates world universities across 57 subjects in the fields of Natural Sciences, Engineering, Life Sciences, Medical Sciences, and Social Sciences. GRAS is based on nine objective indicators grouped into five categories: World-Class Faculty, World-Class Research Output, High-Quality Research, Research Impact, and International Collaboration. Each year, GRAS presents around 20,000 subject units from approximately 2,000 universities across some 100 countries and regions.(See full Methodology)

200 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	World-Class Faculty	World-Class Output	High Quality Research	Research Impact	International Collaboration
1	Harvard University Harvard University United States	280.1	60.0	80.0	85.3	48.8	6.1
2	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	231.8	46.2	63.8	76.7	38.4	6.7
3	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	227.7	53.3	53.9	73.9	42.2	4.4
4	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus United States	224.3	42.1	57.8	78.3	41.7	4.4
5	Princeton University Princeton University United States	221.2	33.2	67.1	70.2	45.3	5.5
6	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	220.6	12.7	59.1	100.0	41.5	7.3
7	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	220.3	43.3	56.6	76.4	39.1	5.0
8	Stanford University Stanford University United States	220.1	11.7	78.2	78.3	47.0	5.0
9	New York University New York University United States	213.5	44.2	52.6	66.0	45.1	5.7
10	University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam Netherlands	211.3	31.4	43.5	82.7	45.9	7.8
11	The University of Manchester The University of Manchester United Kingdom	210.1	25.6	69.3	71.9	37.5	5.9
12	Northwestern University Northwestern University United States	205.4	53.8	45.1	61.5	40.0	5.0
12	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	205.4	29.8	48.2	83.9	38.0	5.6
14	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	204.6	12.4	63.8	81.3	41.9	5.2
15	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen Denmark	201.7	43.2	46.7	65.6	38.8	7.4
16	Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington United States	199.0	42.1	48.2	64.5	40.4	3.7
17	University of Surrey University of Surrey United Kingdom	193.7	51.6	24.2	59.9	50.0	8.1
18	Cornell University Cornell University United States	191.7	14.4	48.2	81.8	42.2	5.0
19	Columbia University Columbia University United States	190.8	25.5	60.3	61.5	37.5	6.0
20	Duke University Duke University United States	187.5	10.6	59.1	63.0	50.0	4.8
21	University College London University College London United Kingdom	186.8	22.2	56.6	65.3	36.1	6.7
22	Brown University Brown University United States	185.0	43.1	49.8	53.6	34.3	4.3
23	University of Washington University of Washington United States	184.4	33.3	46.7	53.6	45.8	5.0
24	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	183.1	0.0	55.3	76.4	46.8	4.7
25	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	182.6	9.0	63.8	70.9	35.5	3.4
26	London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom	181.6	7.0	51.2	74.5	42.7	6.2
27	The University of Sheffield The University of Sheffield United Kingdom	181.5	29.8	49.8	60.7	35.9	5.4
28	University of Chicago University of Chicago United States	179.0	11.7	53.9	66.7	40.9	5.7
29	Monash University Monash University Australia	178.5	49.4	31.9	53.6	36.0	7.7
30	University of Oslo University of Oslo Norway	178.2	24.3	40.0	65.3	41.6	7.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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